HR735 Summary

• Commends Representative Mike Ball for his outstanding service as a member of the Tennessee Valley Caucus of the Alabama House of Representatives.

• The Caucus, formed on March 31, 2005, served as the first unified voice for the interests of people and counties in Alabama's Tennessee Valley region.

• The Caucus successfully passed Tennessee River Protection Acts for multiple counties and secured $3 million in TVA in-lieu-of-tax money returns through Act 2006-655.

• In 2010, the Caucus passed House Bill 44, a 5 percent TVA recapture bill that returns approximately $6 million to the Tennessee Valley for education, mental health, fire protection, law enforcement, and infrastructure improvements.

• Representative Ball's leadership enabled the Caucus to achieve goals in five years that legislators acting individually had previously considered unattainable.